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Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1937, a general strike by some 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, Michigan shut down the city for a month in what was to become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.” The strike was precipitated by the arrest of nine workers, including the wife of the auto workers local union president: The arrest left three children in the couple’s home unattended. Today’s labor quote is a slogan from the U.S. Labor Party founded on this date in 1996: ''The Bosses Have Two Parties. Now We Have One of Our Own.'' Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!
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For the latest local labor news and calendar, go to dclabor.org
Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jersey City mayor Frank Hague’s ordinance banning labor meetings in public places and prohibiting the distribution of union literature violated the First Amendment right to freedom of assembly and was therefore unconstitutional. Today’s labor quote is by Joseph Ettor. Known as “Smiling Joe,” Ettor was an Italian-American trade union organizer who, in the middle-1910s, was one of the leading public faces of the Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW. Joe Ettor, who said: “The power of the capitalists is based on property, they have the laws, the army, everything! In spite of all that, the workers have something still more powerful. The workers’ power…is the common bond of solidarity.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! Today in Labor History is provided by Union Communication Services; Rockin’ Solidarity is performed by Joe Uehlein and the Bones of Contention. The largest union representing federal government workers, the American Federation of Government Employees, sued the Trump administration last week in response to a recent executive order by President Trump denying workers their legal right to representation at the worksite. Read more – and get the latest local labor news and calendar – at dclabor.org
Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1947, the House of Representatives approved the Taft-Hartley Act. The legislation allows the President of the United States to intervene in labor disputes. President Truman vetoed the law but was overridden by Congress. Today’s labor quote is by president Harry S. Truman, on why he vetoed Taft-Hartley: “I vetoed this bill because I am convinced it is a bad bill. It is bad for labor, bad for management, and bad for the country...The bill is deliberately designed to weaken labor unions. When the sponsors of the bill claim that by weakening unions, they are giving rights back to individual workingmen, they ignore the basic reason why unions are important in our democracy. Unions exist so that laboring men can bargain with their employers on a basis of equality. Because of unions, the living standards of our working people have increased steadily until they are today the highest in the world.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! Hosted by Chris Garlock GUESTS: Richard Bensinger: A 50-year-old mystery: Who’s that wading in the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool? Who was this unidentified pair wading in the Reflecting Pool on the Mall during the weeks-long Poor People's Campaign in 1968? Longtime labor organizer Richard Bensinger -- just 17 at the time -- took this photo during the 1968 Poor People's Campaign and he and his wife, Virginia Diamond, were newly energized to unravel the mystery after ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary earlier this year. “These are people who have lived a righteous, just life,” Bensinger speculates. Jaime Contreras: SEIU 32BJ Vice President on the 2018 Poor People's Campaign and labor's involvement. Diana Ramirez, Director, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, on Initiative 77 to raise the minimum wage for DC's tipped workers: OneFairWageDC |
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